While watching the Ravens vs Texans game Saturday there was 3 former Gophers on the field at the same time with Faalele, Bateman and Cashman. Can't say I've ever seen that happen let alone in a playoff game and I've been watching football for 40 plus years.
Then Helmet U pulls out a bag of cash and the recruitment ends with a commitment. The portal is just part of the problem. College football has become unregulated free agency with no salary cap. When top talent has a successful year at one school and then hits the portal its obvious what for, money.
This is getting ridiculous, seems like every team not in the SEC wants to join the Big10. Why not just get rid of conferences all together and make regional divisions like the NFL and be done with the lunacy that is college football nowadays.
He's right we've arrived at a point where the program that can offer the biggest payday will land the most coveted recruits. The question that needs to be asked is whether or not it can or will be regulated and if so what does that entail.